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Disclosed is a transformer rules strategy for programs that support a software distribution mechanism (SDM). This SDM-support product allows users to represent and configure workstation nodes within a network. Users can then define the attributes of applications on their nodes, as well as make functional connections between nodes. Afterwards, these nodes can be dragged and dropped onto a transformer object, which in turn, will create CID files, such as response, LAN CID Utility command, and/or NetView* DM/2 change files. (CID stands for IBM's approach to Configuration, Installation, and Distribution.) The strategy presented by this disclosure corresponds to a SDM-support product with an open design that allows users the ability to define their transformer rules on a per product basis.

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Disclosed is
a transformer rules strategy for programs that
support a software distribution mechanism (SDM). This SDM-support
product allows users to represent and configure workstation nodes
within a network. Users can then define
the attributes of
applications on their nodes, as well as make functional connections
between nodes. Afterwards, these nodes
can be dragged and dropped
onto a transformer object, which in turn, will create CID files, such
as response, LAN CID Utility command, and/or NetView* DM/2 change
files. (CID stands for IBM's approach to
Configuration,
Installation, and Distribution.) The
strategy presented by this
disclosure corresponds to a SDM-support product with an open design
that allows users the ability to define their transformer rules on a
per product basis. This helps to satisfy
the potentially unique
needs of each product.

With the
SDM-support product, users will be able to define the
attributes, events, and rules for their products. Events are actions
that the SDM-support product will expect to run at certain times,
such as when connections are made. The
user can create any number of
rules that are associated with event actions.
These rules are run
when events are triggered.

To allow
products to work with transformers, there needs to be
a special event associated with each transformer type, such as
LCUTransform or NetViewDM2Transform.
These events will be activated
by the appropriate transformer type. Off
of each event, there will
be certain expected rules that the transformer will execute when
processing the products for the response file.
(If an expected rule
is not present, a default path, value, or rule will be taken.)
Alternatively, there can be one event named Transform with rules that
the transformer type will individually call if needed. The event and
rules will be defined on a per product basis and stored in the
product's Class Definition File (CLD).

Enumerating
the set of possible base rules, the following can
be used both with the LCU and NetView DM/2 transformers:

o Prereq -
Returns a list of the products that must be installed on
the workstation before the current
product is. The default is an
empty list.

o Coreq - Returns
a list of the products that must be installed on
the workstation within the same
overall state that the current
product is. The default is an empty list.

Temporary
programs, such as semaint and lapsprep, can be
defined in the coreq section. The LCU
type of transformer will
correctly interpret the returned entries and know that these are
special programs that need to be incorporated into the generated LCU
command file. LCU will also know to take
the temporary products off
of the workstation when the installation is complete (via statements
in the command file).